Big-Wave Addicts: Special edition w/ Shawn Thordarson and Eric Akiskalian as they take advantage of some great blue bird conditions on Jan. 27, 2012 at Crystal Mountain, WA while waiting for the next XXL swell to hit the PNW.

"Here's what we do when the surf's shitty. First, a couple of warm up runs, then my good friend Shawn decides to hike my ass up, over and across South Back Ridge for about an hour.

Once there, we ended up on a small ridge called 'The Beach' which is at the top of the mountain where Silver Basin is. SB is one big mountain size bowl w/ fresh POW. If u ever make it here, u'll be laying down some deep fresh tracks. This was my first time doing this run and it was pretty unreal!"-Eric Akiskalian